pope benedict marched the feast of st. patrick by addressing a growing concern. it addresses a government report about widespread child abuse by priests in the dublin archdiocese. pope benedict explained why he decided to write the letter. >> i ask all of you to read it for yourselves with an open heart and in the spirit of faith. my hope is for the purpose of repentance, healing and renewal. >> reporter: the pope's letter is expected to be made public friday or saturday. it is also expected to address the similar scandals in other communities. a bus crashes into a rail train. check out this surveillance video, taken monday, as the bus slams into a light rail train. metro officials say the bus driver ran a red light. 19 people were injured in the crash.

the driver has been suspended without pay. until the investigation is complete. every time you see it, it's a jolting. >> yes, it is. katie couric has a preview tonight of what's coming up on the seeives -- cbs evening news. they're rapping and rhyming. but not for why you think. that's tonight, only on the cbs evening news. here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. street. we'll be right b b,, i discovered the problem growing grass seed, is me. i'm a grass seed failure. well, i forget to water it, and the seed dries out. and once it's dry, it's dead. and once it's dead, it's just... [ male announcer ] that's why there's scotts turf builder grass seed with water smart. scotts best seed wrapped in a super absorbent coating

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there are so many words to describe today's weather. we'll just go with what she said, fabulous. >> fabulous. >> bob turk has an updated look at the forecast. >> more of the same. more fabulous weather tomorrow. may get to 70, with sunshine. all day long. starts off cool. but really nice. friday, 70. 72 on saturday. clouds come in on sunday. showers possible by evening. but still, 69. cooler with a little rain left over monday. 54. down to 33 at night. mary? >> all right, bob. thank you. the form -- does former

presidential candidate john edwards have more than one mistress? kevin frazier has more. >> reporter: coming up on entertainment tonight, did john edwards have other women besides rielle hunter? it's more bombshell interview with andrew young, his former aide. >> he has a very dynamic personality. and i can imagine women were throwing themselves all over him. did he respond to other women? >> in public, absolutely not. >> but in private, it may be another story. rielle hunter claims that she and edwards were in bed the very night they met. >> this tells me, this might be a man who might be used to doing things like this on the road. are there other rielles out there. >> yes. >> and some, looking back, i should have been suspicious of. like when we were staying in hotels together, i would go and knock on the door in the

morning, there would be towels stuffed underneath the door and i would hear muffled voices. or he would use my cell phone and the person would call back. and it was a woman whose voice i never heard before. there were signs. guit was so-- but it was so chaotic. plus, the obese woman trying to become the world's world's heaviest mom. and don't miss entertainment tonight, coming up at 7:30, only on wjz 13. and still to come tonight on eyewitness news. we know about maryland and morgan state. but what about their opponents? >> mark has the scouting report coming up next in sports. ,,,, #gp,dñ 7"d=@@@e)

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we are focused on friday. >> yes, we are. >> long week of waiting. let's get to basketball. >> basketball is a team game. but those individual stars are known to shine, here at tournament time. maryland and morgan state, both getting ready. terps have their stars. morgan bears have reggie holmes. yet both teams are going to face teams with standouts of their own. university of houston guard, aubrey coleman. 6'4." leads the game. colecoleman is more than a shooter. he can rebound. and the terps have their eyes on number 12.

heading into friday's matchup. >> to be the leader -- leading scorer in the country. and to score twitch points a -- 25 points a game now, with the way defenses are, it's hard to do. so he's done it this year. and you know, he's a guy that can go off -- if you average 25, that means you can get 30. >> we're not really worried about him. you know. but he shoots a lot of shots. and i don't know what his percentage is. but i'm guessing that it's not 50%. so he shoots a lot of shots. but we are just going to contain the shot. contain as much and help out as much. and just play our defense. >> reporter: meanwhile, morgan state gets west virginia. and the mountaineers, dashon butler. had a couple of clutch inning game shots. and leading west virginia to the big east tournament title. the tournament begins tomorrow, morgan state in maryland begins friday. see it here. game in buffalo, new york.

friday night, the terps taking on houston in spokane, washington. maryland, the number 1 seed. see it all here on wjz. spring training, orioles are midway through. less than three weeks to the opener at tampa bay. today, a tuneup. our masn on wjz. spring highlights. jeremy reed goes past. two errors. cam mickleio. blijays win this one. -- blue jays win this one. other news, manager issued a public apology. admit being he tested-- admitting he tested positive for cocaine in july. rangers elected to keep him as manager. he said today, he used cocaine

once. and what he calls a weak moment, he says he's sorry. johns hop hopkins coach, dave petronella. they've got a serious challenge with syracuse coming to town saturday. the play-offs with the goal. this squad takes nothing for granted. >> he says, you'll be fine. just make the play-offs. and you know what? you gotta make the play-offs. and there have been cycles, where you've seen princeton mot make -- not make the play-offs. and syracuse not make it. and we want to do everything we can to avoid it. so for us here, the regular season does matter. >> still eight games to go. hopkins played host to syracuse saturday night at 8:00. the first-ever, primetime meeting in baltimore. last stop. 50-1 long shot. jockey anthony mowing in green on st. paddy's. got to be a winner. does it overtime. misspeaks, earning green. more than $200 on a $2 bet in

the 8th race at laurel today. >> mary is clapping. she must have had money on her. >> i wish. i wish. stay with us. we'll be right back.

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tonight, a hit episode of csi new york, followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. and the first round of the ncaa tournament tips off in less than 24 hours. and wjz wants you to try your hand at the bracket challenge. the link is at the top of our home page. finally this evening, the white house goes green for st. patrick district attorney -- st. patrick's day. first lady michelle obama came up with the festive idea last year. she was inspired by her home city of chicago, where they dye

the water green. >> it doesn't quite get the green that is the st. patrick's day green. >> but they won't arrest if you get into the chicago river. >> true. absolutely. we'll be back at 11:00. i'm mary bubala. >> thanks for watching wjz, maryland's news station. we don't want you to rush away because there's much more ahead on the cbs evening news with katie couric, including the battle over healthcare reform. it's really beginning to heat up in washington. and of course, we invite you to come back here and join us here for wjz's eyewitness news at 11:00. we now take you to new york. and the cbs evening news with katie couric. and of course, we'll see you right back here. bob is going to be leaving right now to go out and get his cabbage and corned beef, right?, >> couric: tonight, the president says it doesn't matter what procedure the house uses to pass health care reform. >> if people vote yes-- whatever form that takes-- that is going to be a vote for health care

reform. >> couric: i'm katie couric. s a tonight, a frantic race to save a city. the people of fargo build a wall of sandbags to try to hold back the rising waters of the red river. on this st. patrick's day, the pope faces a child abuse scandal in ireland and in his native germany. and taking it beyond beyonce. school kids reading, writing, rapping and racking up hits on the web. ♪ all the scholar ladies... captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. president obama and democratic leaders in the house are doing everything they can to line up votes for health care reform hoping to get it approved by the anekend.